{"id":194968,"date":"2025-09-24T11:03:08","date_gmt":"2025-09-24T11:03:08","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/entertainment.runfyers.com\/index.php\/2025\/09\/24\/jimmy-kimmel-tears-up-in-most-anticipated-monologue-of-all-time\/"},"modified":"2025-09-24T11:03:08","modified_gmt":"2025-09-24T11:03:08","slug":"jimmy-kimmel-tears-up-in-most-anticipated-monologue-of-all-time","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/entertainment.runfyers.com\/index.php\/2025\/09\/24\/jimmy-kimmel-tears-up-in-most-anticipated-monologue-of-all-time\/","title":{"rendered":"Jimmy Kimmel Tears Up in Most Anticipated Monologue of All-Time"},"content":{"rendered":"<p> <br \/>\n<\/p>\n<div>\n<p><span class=\"span-reading-time rt-reading-time\" style=\"display: block;\"><span class=\"rt-label rt-prefix\">Reading Time: <\/span> <span class=\"rt-time\"> 5<\/span> <span class=\"rt-label rt-postfix\">minutes<\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<p>It was the most anticipated monologue in the history of late-night television.<\/p>\n<p>And Jimmy Kimmel came through. In a way perhaps no one really saw coming.<\/p>\n<p>On Tuesday night, the comedian took the stage of his talk show\u2026 six days after Disney made the shocking decision to suspend him from the air <a href=\"https:\/\/www.thehollywoodgossip.com\/2025\/09\/jimmy-kimmel-livid-after-being-suspended-for-charlie-kirk-comments-report\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">for remarks Kimmel made in the wake<\/a> of Charlie Kirk\u2019s assassination.<\/p>\n<p>Was the host angry? Bitter? Vengeful? Hilarious?<\/p>\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-full\"><noscript><\/noscript><img fetchpriority=\"high\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"750\" height=\"500\" src=\"https:\/\/cdn.thehollywoodgossip.com\/uploads\/2025\/09\/jimmy-kimmel-246-092325-f314919db267470e8079312e76dea8ad.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-535965 lazyload\" srcset=\"https:\/\/cdn.thehollywoodgossip.com\/uploads\/2025\/09\/jimmy-kimmel-246-092325-f314919db267470e8079312e76dea8ad.jpg 750w, https:\/\/cdn.thehollywoodgossip.com\/uploads\/2025\/09\/jimmy-kimmel-246-092325-f314919db267470e8079312e76dea8ad-300x200.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 760px) calc(100vw - 20px), 720px\" data-pin-media=\"https:\/\/cdn.thehollywoodgossip.com\/uploads\/2025\/09\/jimmy-kimmel-246-092325-f314919db267470e8079312e76dea8ad.jpg\" loading=\"lazy\" data-trellis-processed=\"1\"\/><figcaption><span class=\"image-caption-credit\"> (ABC)<\/span><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>Not really. Kimmel was emotional.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cIf you\u2019re just joining us, we are preempting your regularly scheduled encore episode of Celebrity Family Feud to bring you this special report. I\u2019m happy to be here tonight with you,\u201d Kimmel said after receiving a standing ovation, referring to the actual program that replace Jimmy Kimmel Live! on many affiliates around the nation last week.<\/p>\n<p>He continued: <\/p>\n<p>\u201cI\u2019m not sure who had a weirder 48 hours, me or the CEO of Tylenol. It\u2019s been overwhelming. I\u2019ve heard from a lot of people over the last six days. I\u2019ve heard from all the people in the world over the last six days. Anyone I\u2019ve ever met has reached out 10 or 11 times. <\/p>\n<p>\u201cWeird characters from my past, or the guy who fired me from my first radio job in Seattle, not airing tonight by the way. Sorry Seattle, his name is Larry.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Over the last week or so, pretty much every celebrity has <a href=\"https:\/\/www.thehollywoodgossip.com\/2025\/09\/jimmy-kimmel-pulled-from-air-celebrities-react-to-abcs-shocking-decision\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">offered his or her support for Kimmel<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>President Donald Trump, who said Kimmel\u2019s alleged firing was \u201cgreat for America?\u201d Not so much.<\/p>\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><noscript><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1024\" height=\"683\" src=\"https:\/\/cdn.thehollywoodgossip.com\/uploads\/2025\/09\/Jimmy-Kimmel-end-022124-1-1d9d962ce6784e359f0fada46e6e85a5-1024x683.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-535966\" srcset=\"https:\/\/cdn.thehollywoodgossip.com\/uploads\/2025\/09\/Jimmy-Kimmel-end-022124-1-1d9d962ce6784e359f0fada46e6e85a5-1024x683.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/cdn.thehollywoodgossip.com\/uploads\/2025\/09\/Jimmy-Kimmel-end-022124-1-1d9d962ce6784e359f0fada46e6e85a5-300x200.jpg 300w, https:\/\/cdn.thehollywoodgossip.com\/uploads\/2025\/09\/Jimmy-Kimmel-end-022124-1-1d9d962ce6784e359f0fada46e6e85a5-768x512.jpg 768w, https:\/\/cdn.thehollywoodgossip.com\/uploads\/2025\/09\/Jimmy-Kimmel-end-022124-1-1d9d962ce6784e359f0fada46e6e85a5-960x640.jpg 960w, https:\/\/cdn.thehollywoodgossip.com\/uploads\/2025\/09\/Jimmy-Kimmel-end-022124-1-1d9d962ce6784e359f0fada46e6e85a5-1080x720.jpg 1080w, https:\/\/cdn.thehollywoodgossip.com\/uploads\/2025\/09\/Jimmy-Kimmel-end-022124-1-1d9d962ce6784e359f0fada46e6e85a5-1200x800.jpg 1200w, https:\/\/cdn.thehollywoodgossip.com\/uploads\/2025\/09\/Jimmy-Kimmel-end-022124-1-1d9d962ce6784e359f0fada46e6e85a5.jpg 1500w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 760px) calc(100vw - 20px), 720px\"\/><\/noscript><img decoding=\"async\" width=\"1024\" height=\"683\" src=\"https:\/\/cdn.thehollywoodgossip.com\/uploads\/2025\/09\/Jimmy-Kimmel-end-022124-1-1d9d962ce6784e359f0fada46e6e85a5-1024x683.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-535966 lazyload\" srcset=\"https:\/\/cdn.thehollywoodgossip.com\/uploads\/2025\/09\/Jimmy-Kimmel-end-022124-1-1d9d962ce6784e359f0fada46e6e85a5-1024x683.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/cdn.thehollywoodgossip.com\/uploads\/2025\/09\/Jimmy-Kimmel-end-022124-1-1d9d962ce6784e359f0fada46e6e85a5-300x200.jpg 300w, https:\/\/cdn.thehollywoodgossip.com\/uploads\/2025\/09\/Jimmy-Kimmel-end-022124-1-1d9d962ce6784e359f0fada46e6e85a5-768x512.jpg 768w, https:\/\/cdn.thehollywoodgossip.com\/uploads\/2025\/09\/Jimmy-Kimmel-end-022124-1-1d9d962ce6784e359f0fada46e6e85a5-960x640.jpg 960w, https:\/\/cdn.thehollywoodgossip.com\/uploads\/2025\/09\/Jimmy-Kimmel-end-022124-1-1d9d962ce6784e359f0fada46e6e85a5-1080x720.jpg 1080w, https:\/\/cdn.thehollywoodgossip.com\/uploads\/2025\/09\/Jimmy-Kimmel-end-022124-1-1d9d962ce6784e359f0fada46e6e85a5-1200x800.jpg 1200w, https:\/\/cdn.thehollywoodgossip.com\/uploads\/2025\/09\/Jimmy-Kimmel-end-022124-1-1d9d962ce6784e359f0fada46e6e85a5.jpg 1500w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 760px) calc(100vw - 20px), 720px\" data-pin-media=\"https:\/\/cdn.thehollywoodgossip.com\/uploads\/2025\/09\/Jimmy-Kimmel-end-022124-1-1d9d962ce6784e359f0fada46e6e85a5.jpg\" loading=\"lazy\" data-trellis-processed=\"1\"\/><figcaption><span class=\"image-caption-credit\"> (Randy Holmes \/ ABC via Getty)<\/span><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>The host therefore played a clip of Trump celebrating the news from last week. <\/p>\n<p>Kimmel <em>also<\/em> explained that the Pentagon is having journalists sign a pledge that they won\u2019t report on information they hasn\u2019t been authorized by the entity itself. <\/p>\n<p>\u201cI know it\u2019s not as interesting as muzzling a comedian but it\u2019s so important to have a free press and it\u2019s nuts that we aren\u2019t paying more attention to it,\u201d he said. \u201cWalter Cronkite must be spinning in his grave. He\u2019s dead right?\u201d<\/p>\n<p>This is about where Kimmel teared up on air.<\/p>\n<p>It was never his intention to be a martyr or a role model or really anything but someone who waned to make others laugh.<\/p>\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><noscript><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1024\" height=\"753\" src=\"https:\/\/cdn.thehollywoodgossip.com\/uploads\/2025\/09\/GettyImages-2201405821-1024x753.jpg\" alt=\"Jimmy Kimmel attends the annual Keep Memory Alive \" power=\"\" of=\"\" love=\"\" gala=\"\" benefit=\"\" for=\"\" the=\"\" cleveland=\"\" clinic=\"\" lou=\"\" ruvo=\"\" center=\"\" brain=\"\" health=\"\" honoring=\"\" kimmel=\"\" at=\"\" mgm=\"\" grand=\"\" garden=\"\" arena=\"\" on=\"\" february=\"\" in=\"\" las=\"\" vegas=\"\" nevada.=\"\" class=\"wp-image-535847\" srcset=\"https:\/\/cdn.thehollywoodgossip.com\/uploads\/2025\/09\/GettyImages-2201405821-1024x753.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/cdn.thehollywoodgossip.com\/uploads\/2025\/09\/GettyImages-2201405821-300x221.jpg 300w, https:\/\/cdn.thehollywoodgossip.com\/uploads\/2025\/09\/GettyImages-2201405821-768x565.jpg 768w, https:\/\/cdn.thehollywoodgossip.com\/uploads\/2025\/09\/GettyImages-2201405821-2048x1507.jpg 2048w, https:\/\/cdn.thehollywoodgossip.com\/uploads\/2025\/09\/GettyImages-2201405821-960x706.jpg 960w, https:\/\/cdn.thehollywoodgossip.com\/uploads\/2025\/09\/GettyImages-2201405821-1080x795.jpg 1080w, https:\/\/cdn.thehollywoodgossip.com\/uploads\/2025\/09\/GettyImages-2201405821-1200x883.jpg 1200w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 760px) calc(100vw - 20px), 720px\"\/><\/noscript><img decoding=\"async\" width=\"1024\" height=\"753\" src=\"https:\/\/cdn.thehollywoodgossip.com\/uploads\/2025\/09\/GettyImages-2201405821-1024x753.jpg\" alt=\"Jimmy Kimmel attends the annual Keep Memory Alive \" power=\"\" of=\"\" love=\"\" gala=\"\" benefit=\"\" for=\"\" the=\"\" cleveland=\"\" clinic=\"\" lou=\"\" ruvo=\"\" center=\"\" brain=\"\" health=\"\" honoring=\"\" kimmel=\"\" at=\"\" mgm=\"\" grand=\"\" garden=\"\" arena=\"\" on=\"\" february=\"\" in=\"\" las=\"\" vegas=\"\" nevada.=\"\" class=\"wp-image-535847 lazyload\" srcset=\"https:\/\/cdn.thehollywoodgossip.com\/uploads\/2025\/09\/GettyImages-2201405821-1024x753.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/cdn.thehollywoodgossip.com\/uploads\/2025\/09\/GettyImages-2201405821-300x221.jpg 300w, https:\/\/cdn.thehollywoodgossip.com\/uploads\/2025\/09\/GettyImages-2201405821-768x565.jpg 768w, https:\/\/cdn.thehollywoodgossip.com\/uploads\/2025\/09\/GettyImages-2201405821-2048x1507.jpg 2048w, https:\/\/cdn.thehollywoodgossip.com\/uploads\/2025\/09\/GettyImages-2201405821-960x706.jpg 960w, https:\/\/cdn.thehollywoodgossip.com\/uploads\/2025\/09\/GettyImages-2201405821-1080x795.jpg 1080w, https:\/\/cdn.thehollywoodgossip.com\/uploads\/2025\/09\/GettyImages-2201405821-1200x883.jpg 1200w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 760px) calc(100vw - 20px), 720px\" data-pin-media=\"https:\/\/cdn.thehollywoodgossip.com\/uploads\/2025\/09\/GettyImages-2201405821-scaled.jpg\" loading=\"lazy\" data-trellis-processed=\"1\"\/><figcaption class=\"wp-element-caption\">Jimmy Kimmel attends the annual Keep Memory Alive \u201cPower of Love\u201d gala benefit for the Cleveland Clinic Lou Ruvo Center for Brain Health honoring Kimmel at MGM Grand Garden Arena on February 22, 2025 in Las Vegas, Nevada. <span class=\"image-caption-credit\"> (Photo by Ethan Miller\/Getty Images)<\/span><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>Said Kimmel on air:<\/p>\n<p>\u201cI never imagined I\u2019d be in a situation like this \u2014 I barely paid attention in school. <\/p>\n<p>\u201cBut one thing I did learn from Lenny Bruce and George Carlin and Howard Stern is a government threat to silence a comedian the president doesn\u2019t like is anti-American.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Along with thanking his fellow talk show host for their kind words in the wake of his suspension, Kimmel also thanked those who \u201csupported our show, cared enough to do something about it, to make your voices heard so that mine will be heard. I will never forget it.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>His appreciation went on the other side of the aisle as well:<\/p>\n<p>\u201cAnd maybe weirdly, maybe maybe most of all, I want to thank the people who don\u2019t support my show and what I believe, but support my right to share those beliefs anyway. <\/p>\n<p>\u201cPeople who I never would have imagined like Ben Shapiro, Clay Travis, Candace Owens, Mitch McConnell, Ryan Paul, even my old pal Ted Cruz, who believe it or not said something very beautiful on my behalf.\u201d<\/p>\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><noscript><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1024\" height=\"763\" src=\"https:\/\/cdn.thehollywoodgossip.com\/uploads\/2025\/09\/0919_jimmykimmel_02-1024x763.jpg\" alt=\"Jimmy Kimmel on September 7, 2025.\" class=\"wp-image-535665\" srcset=\"https:\/\/cdn.thehollywoodgossip.com\/uploads\/2025\/09\/0919_jimmykimmel_02-1024x763.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/cdn.thehollywoodgossip.com\/uploads\/2025\/09\/0919_jimmykimmel_02-300x223.jpg 300w, https:\/\/cdn.thehollywoodgossip.com\/uploads\/2025\/09\/0919_jimmykimmel_02-768x572.jpg 768w, https:\/\/cdn.thehollywoodgossip.com\/uploads\/2025\/09\/0919_jimmykimmel_02-2048x1525.jpg 2048w, https:\/\/cdn.thehollywoodgossip.com\/uploads\/2025\/09\/0919_jimmykimmel_02-960x715.jpg 960w, https:\/\/cdn.thehollywoodgossip.com\/uploads\/2025\/09\/0919_jimmykimmel_02-1080x804.jpg 1080w, https:\/\/cdn.thehollywoodgossip.com\/uploads\/2025\/09\/0919_jimmykimmel_02-1200x894.jpg 1200w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 760px) calc(100vw - 20px), 720px\"\/><\/noscript><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1024\" height=\"763\" src=\"https:\/\/cdn.thehollywoodgossip.com\/uploads\/2025\/09\/0919_jimmykimmel_02-1024x763.jpg\" alt=\"Jimmy Kimmel on September 7, 2025.\" class=\"wp-image-535665 lazyload\" srcset=\"https:\/\/cdn.thehollywoodgossip.com\/uploads\/2025\/09\/0919_jimmykimmel_02-1024x763.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/cdn.thehollywoodgossip.com\/uploads\/2025\/09\/0919_jimmykimmel_02-300x223.jpg 300w, https:\/\/cdn.thehollywoodgossip.com\/uploads\/2025\/09\/0919_jimmykimmel_02-768x572.jpg 768w, https:\/\/cdn.thehollywoodgossip.com\/uploads\/2025\/09\/0919_jimmykimmel_02-2048x1525.jpg 2048w, https:\/\/cdn.thehollywoodgossip.com\/uploads\/2025\/09\/0919_jimmykimmel_02-960x715.jpg 960w, https:\/\/cdn.thehollywoodgossip.com\/uploads\/2025\/09\/0919_jimmykimmel_02-1080x804.jpg 1080w, https:\/\/cdn.thehollywoodgossip.com\/uploads\/2025\/09\/0919_jimmykimmel_02-1200x894.jpg 1200w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 760px) calc(100vw - 20px), 720px\" data-pin-media=\"https:\/\/cdn.thehollywoodgossip.com\/uploads\/2025\/09\/0919_jimmykimmel_02-scaled.jpg\" data-trellis-processed=\"1\"\/><figcaption class=\"wp-element-caption\">Jimmy Kimmel, winner of the Outstanding Host for a Game Show Award for \u201cWho Wants to Be a Millionaire\u201d, attends the 2025 Creative Arts Emmy Awards at Peacock Theater on September 7, 2025.<span class=\"image-caption-credit\"> (Photo Credit: Kevin Winter\/Getty Images)<\/span><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>It\u2019s true. Nearly everyone agrees that the brazen violation of the First Amendment by the Trump administration was flatly wrong.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.thehollywoodgossip.com\/2025\/09\/jimmy-kimmel-shares-mysterious-social-media-post-hours-before-return-to-air\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Kimmel shared this Instagram message<\/a> hours before he returned to his show.<\/p>\n<p>The father of three went on to acknowledge his previous comments that led to the suspension, getting choked up over the topic. <\/p>\n<p>\u201cI do wanna make something clear, because it\u2019s important to me as a human, and that is, you understand that it was never my intention to make light of the murder of a young man,\u201d referencing <a href=\"https:\/\/www.thehollywoodgossip.com\/2025\/09\/erika-kirk-receives-protective-order-against-tyler-robinson-declares-world-is-evil-on-instagram\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Kirk\u2019s assassination<\/a>. \u201cI don\u2019t, I don\u2019t think there\u2019s anything funny about it.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>He continued:<\/p>\n<p>\u201cI posted a message on Instagram on the day he was killed, sending love to his family and asking for compassion, and I meant it and I still do. Nor was it my intention to blame any specific group for the actions of what it was obviously a deeply disturbed individual. That was really the opposite of the point I was trying to make. But I understand that to some that felt either ill-timed or unclear or maybe both. <\/p>\n<p>\u201cAnd for those who think I did point a finger. I get why you\u2019re upset. If the situation was reversed, there\u2019s a good chance I\u2019d have felt the same way.\u201d<\/p>\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><noscript><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1024\" height=\"683\" src=\"https:\/\/cdn.thehollywoodgossip.com\/uploads\/2025\/09\/GettyImages-2213138256-1-1024x683.jpg\" alt=\"Jimmy Kimmel attends the 28th Annual UCLA Jonsson Cancer Center Foundation's &quot;Taste For A Cure&quot; event at Beverly Wilshire, A Four Seasons Hotel on May 02, 2025 in Beverly Hills, California.\" class=\"wp-image-535503\" srcset=\"https:\/\/cdn.thehollywoodgossip.com\/uploads\/2025\/09\/GettyImages-2213138256-1-1024x683.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/cdn.thehollywoodgossip.com\/uploads\/2025\/09\/GettyImages-2213138256-1-300x200.jpg 300w, https:\/\/cdn.thehollywoodgossip.com\/uploads\/2025\/09\/GettyImages-2213138256-1-768x512.jpg 768w, https:\/\/cdn.thehollywoodgossip.com\/uploads\/2025\/09\/GettyImages-2213138256-1-2048x1365.jpg 2048w, https:\/\/cdn.thehollywoodgossip.com\/uploads\/2025\/09\/GettyImages-2213138256-1-960x640.jpg 960w, https:\/\/cdn.thehollywoodgossip.com\/uploads\/2025\/09\/GettyImages-2213138256-1-1080x720.jpg 1080w, https:\/\/cdn.thehollywoodgossip.com\/uploads\/2025\/09\/GettyImages-2213138256-1-1200x800.jpg 1200w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 760px) calc(100vw - 20px), 720px\"\/><\/noscript><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1024\" height=\"683\" src=\"https:\/\/cdn.thehollywoodgossip.com\/uploads\/2025\/09\/GettyImages-2213138256-1-1024x683.jpg\" alt=\"Jimmy Kimmel attends the 28th Annual UCLA Jonsson Cancer Center Foundation's &quot;Taste For A Cure&quot; event at Beverly Wilshire, A Four Seasons Hotel on May 02, 2025 in Beverly Hills, California.\" class=\"wp-image-535503 lazyload\" srcset=\"https:\/\/cdn.thehollywoodgossip.com\/uploads\/2025\/09\/GettyImages-2213138256-1-1024x683.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/cdn.thehollywoodgossip.com\/uploads\/2025\/09\/GettyImages-2213138256-1-300x200.jpg 300w, https:\/\/cdn.thehollywoodgossip.com\/uploads\/2025\/09\/GettyImages-2213138256-1-768x512.jpg 768w, https:\/\/cdn.thehollywoodgossip.com\/uploads\/2025\/09\/GettyImages-2213138256-1-2048x1365.jpg 2048w, https:\/\/cdn.thehollywoodgossip.com\/uploads\/2025\/09\/GettyImages-2213138256-1-960x640.jpg 960w, https:\/\/cdn.thehollywoodgossip.com\/uploads\/2025\/09\/GettyImages-2213138256-1-1080x720.jpg 1080w, https:\/\/cdn.thehollywoodgossip.com\/uploads\/2025\/09\/GettyImages-2213138256-1-1200x800.jpg 1200w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 760px) calc(100vw - 20px), 720px\" data-pin-media=\"https:\/\/cdn.thehollywoodgossip.com\/uploads\/2025\/09\/GettyImages-2213138256-1-scaled.jpg\" data-trellis-processed=\"1\"\/><figcaption class=\"wp-element-caption\">Jimmy Kimmel attends the 28th Annual UCLA Jonsson Cancer Center Foundation\u2019s \u201cTaste For A Cure\u201d event at Beverly Wilshire, A Four Seasons Hotel on May 02, 2025 in Beverly Hills, California. <span class=\"image-caption-credit\"> (Photo by Tommaso Boddi\/Getty Images for UCLA Jonsson Cancer Center Foundation)<\/span><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>Simply put?<\/p>\n<p>\u201cIf we don\u2019t have free speech, then we just don\u2019t have a free country. It\u2019s as simple as that,\u201d Kimmel emphasized, after also telling viewers:<\/p>\n<p>\u201cI\u2019ve been hearing a lot about what I need to say and do tonight. And the truth is, I don\u2019t think what I have to say is going to make much of a difference. If you like me, you like me. If you don\u2019t, you don\u2019t. I have no illusions about changing anyone\u2019s mind.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Kimmel\u2019s comments that have come under fire pertained to Kirk and his accused killer, Tyler Robinson, the 22-year-old charged with aggravated murder in connection with Kirk\u2019s death.<\/p>\n<p>In reality, they pertained to the <em>reaction<\/em> to this killing. But here they are:<\/p>\n<p>\u201cWe hit some new lows over the weekend with the MAGA gang desperately trying to characterize this kid who murdered Charlie Kirk as anything other than one of them and doing everything they can to score political points from it,\u201d Kimmel said during the Monday, September 15 episode.<\/p>\n<p>We\u2019re so glad he\u2019s back.<\/p>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<p><br \/>\n<br \/><a href=\"https:\/\/www.thehollywoodgossip.com\/2025\/09\/jimmy-kimmel-returns-tears-up-in-most-anticipated-monologue-ever\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Source link <\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Reading Time: 5 minutes It was the most anticipated monologue in the history of late-night television. And Jimmy Kimmel came through. In a way perhaps no one really saw coming. 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